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“Having received grace and mercy from you, Lord, we gratefully glorify the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—now and always and unto the ages of ages. Amen.”
These beautiful words from our Liturgy express my feelings at this sacred hour. Today I am overcome with a spirit of thanks to the Lord—who took my life in His hands, shaped my soul, inspired my heart, rescued me from the shadow of death—and guided me, step by step, to this ministry in His service.
My gratitude to God is accompanied by the warmest thanks to my parents, my family, and my friends of a lifetime. They encouraged me to answer God’s call and have walked beside me, along this journey, nourishing my soul with their continuous support every single day.
Ariel (Haroutiun) Agemian was born in Brusa, Turkey, in 1904. He was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide, during which he witnessed the death of his father and was separated from his mother and brother. The Mekhitarist monks first took him to Rome and soon brought him to Venice where he studied at the Moorat Raphael College until 1922.
In 1926, he graduated from the Venice Academy of Fine Arts with a Gold Medal award from the Associazione Artistica. He worked and taught in Italy until 1931 and then in Paris until 1938.